Between the Two Wars 1918–1939 | Memory of Nations

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Jan Pavlíček

* 1917 †︎ 2010

French Foreign Legion, Victim of forced relocation, Veteran of WW2, western front

1940 - The Battle of France, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk, 2. 10. 1938 - Poland's annexation of Teschen area, 17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities

Jan Pavlíček at the end of the 1950s

Jan Pavlíček

* 1934 †︎ 2025

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Josef Pavlik, soldier at Auxiliary Engineering Corps (1949-1951)

Josef Pavlík

* 1927

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Forced labour during the WW2

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2 and 1 more anniversaries

Ludmila Pavlovská, Šumperk, ca. 1956

Ludmila Pavlovská

* 1938 †︎ 2024

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Stanislav Pazderka - 1954 in the PTP in Pardubice

Stanislav Pazderka

* 1932 †︎ 2025

Member of Orel, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Relative of a political prisoner, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions) and 2 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 4 more anniversaries

Drahomíra Pazdírková at Christmas 1942

Drahomíra Pazdírková

* 1926

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Contemporary photo

Vladimír Pechar

* 1931

A cultural celebrity, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Boy Scouts, Relatives of important personalities, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person and 2 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 3 more anniversaries

Ewald Pechwitz, Pegnitz, 2020

Ewald Pechwitz

* 1938

National minorities, Victim of forced relocation, GDR - outgoing passengers, Sudeten Germans, Germany

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

J. Pek, a historical picture

Ing. Jaroslav Pek

* 1919 †︎ 2012

Participant in antifascist resistance, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Political prisoner in WW2, Communist official and 2 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 1932 - 1933 - Holodomor - Great famine in Ukraine, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 1 more anniversaries

Maria Pekařová

Maria Pekařová

* 1938 †︎ 2021

National minorities, Victim of forced relocation, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Germany

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

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